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Attacking Dutch draw Danes

Though Marco van Basten's men showed touches of superb
technique, their back line, especially central defensive pairing
John Heintiga and Joris Mathysen, looked vulnerable at times.

Holland went ahead on the half hour in front of 35,000
supporters at the Philipstadion. Wesley Sneijder found Arjen
Robben, on the edge of Denmark's box, who found Ruud van
Nistelrooy in space, leaving him to fire under Denmark keeper
Thomas Sorensen.

The goal was the reward for van Basten's attacking strategy
with four attacking-style players with Sneijder, Robben and Rafael
Van der Vaart supporting van Nistelrooy.

Key striker Robin van Persie, although technically recovered
from his thigh injury, was not considered ready to play in the
fixture.

Van Basten may be playing a positive mix of players up front but
there were worries in the backline.

The central defensive pairing of Heintiga and Mathysen did not
look solid and made several postional and marking errors,
particularly for Denmark's equalising goal.

Mathysen made a schoolboy error to be surprised by Nicklas
Bendtner, who fed Christian Poulsen, leaving him to fire home from
six metres in the 56th minute.